† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003. Election totals and ACS CVAP use different vintages; the resulting turnout can exceed 100%.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupVashonWashingtonUnited States
German18.7%14.5%12.5%
English17.1%12.1%9.5%
Irish13.4%9.8%9.4%
Italian5.3%3.1%4.8%
Norwegian5.3%4.0%—
American3.9%3.8%5.3%
Swedish3.7%1.8%—
Scottish3.6%2.6%1.3%
Mexican3.8%10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.3%0.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.5%1.8%
Spaniard0.2%0.4%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
Honduran0.2%—0.3%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
Spanish0.2%0.3%—
Samoan0.2%0.2%—
Chinese0.7%2.2%1.3%
Asian Indian0.6%2.0%1.4%
Filipino0.3%1.5%0.9%
Vietnamese0.3%1.1%0.6%
Korean0.2%0.9%0.4%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Vashon
Washington
United States
Median age
52.4
38.5
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
29.3%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Vashon
Washington
United States
Median household income
$120,571
$98,141
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.1%
9.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
50.1%
39.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Vashon
Washington
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
9.8%
21.5%
22.3%
Spanish
3.6%
9.1%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.8%
2.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
2.1%
1.9%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Vashon
Washington
United States
Catholic
—
10.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
58.8%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Vashon, Washington
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+55.1%
2008
+62.7%
2012
+59.5%
2016
+66.9%
2020
+72.6%
2024
+72.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
84.5%Harris6,931
12.0%Trump982
3.5%
D+72.6
±0.0
D+74.0
8,198
D
85.1%Biden7,287
12.6%Trump1,075
2.3%
D+72.6
D+5.7
D+68.1
8,558
D
80.2%Clinton5,986
13.3%Trump995
6.5%
D+66.9
D+7.3
D+64.8
7,465
D
78.3%Obama5,690
18.8%Romney1,364
2.9%
D+59.5
R+3.2
D+55.7
7,266
D
80.6%Obama5,817
17.8%McCain1,288
1.6%
D+62.7
D+7.7
D+55.4
7,221
D
76.8%Kerry5,207
21.8%Bush1,475
1.4%
D+55.1
—
D+57.5
6,779
Vashon Island's unincorporated community is accessible only by ferry, shaping a tight-knit, college-educated electorate that has consistently backed Democratic candidates by margins exceeding 80 percent in recent statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.6 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 72.6 points.
A population of 9,934, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $120,571 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Larkspur and Garden Home-Whitford.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Vashon, Washington voted Democratic by 72.6 points (D+72.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 8,198 votes cast, 6,931 went Democratic and 982 went Republican.
How many people live in Vashon, Washington?
Vashon, Washington has a population of 9,934 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Vashon, Washington?
Median household income in Vashon, Washington is $120,571 — above the national median of $80,734. The Washington state median is $98,141.
What is the political history of Vashon, Washington?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Vashon, Washington from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
